Education: The Athenian

At the center of the stage of the ancient theater of Herodes Atticus at
the foot of the Acropolis, a frail old lady stood one night last week
nodding to the applause of cabinet ministers, diplomats and Athenian
intellectuals. The mayor of Athens had just proclaimed Miss Edith
Hamilton of Washington, D.C. an honorary citizen, and for an instant it
seemed as if she might break down. Instead, Edith Hamilton, just four
days short of 90, walked up to a microphone and in a firm voice
declared: "I am an Athenian citizen! I am an Athenian citizen! This is
the proudest...